[Haskell-cafe] handling NULL value in database query with Maybe (or other ...)

[Neil Mayhew]

On 2018-12-18 7:43 AM, Damien Mattei wrote:
> i hoped asked could avoid using sort of Null pointer as mentioned in 
> this article:
> https://www.lucidchart.com/techblog/2015/08/31/the-worst-mistake-of-computer-science/
> if someone else have a simpler solution email me

You can avoid it: make the DNUM column non-NULL in your database schema. 
That "worst mistake" applies to databases as well as programming 
languages! :-)

If you have to allow NULL in the database, then you have to handle 
Nothing in your code. However, a neater way of doing it is to use the 
maybe function:

forM_ bd_rows_WDS $ \(Only x) ->
       putStrLn $ "x =" ++ maybe "" Text.unpack x


This allows you to provide a default value in your code for when the 
column is NULL.
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